[AlbionGirl]

I will never officially leave the Catholic Church because all denominations have their 'problems', and there's no place else I'd rather be. But the Church heirarchy is dead to me now, both excathedra and otherwise.

So much that was mandated before under penalty of sin is now defunct. So my question to 'them' is were you fallible then or are you fallible now? Either way, I don't have the time or inclination to sort out their excathedra mishaps. I'll leave that to the Cardinals and such to do.

But I will not seek nor heed their counsel. They are not capable of leading their flock, no ifs ands or buts about it!

In the meantime I will seek my way through Christ, I don't need a third party administrator.

[saradippity]

I think you have every reason to conclude as you have but do yourself and the Catholic Church a favor and find a church more consonant with your beliefs. You only harm yourself and the Body of Christ when your natural and supernatural body and soul become separated and start to fragment.

I think the Pope's concluding statements to this lay group he was speaking to are worth reflecting upon. Not only for you as an individual but for all entities,whether government,nation or church or religion. Those words were:

This does not mean creating a 'global super state' but continuing on the processes underway to increase democratic participation and promote political transparency and accountibility.

Until human beings recognize that the disconnects between their beliefs,words and actions create the confusion and dysfunction rife in todays world (much of it because we can now learn of it through the progress of technology) we are going to be stuck right where we are or sink even lower.